Senior Associate - Epidemiologist

Guidehouse; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobility stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an Epidemiologist (Senior Associate) to support federal health research, surveillance, and injury prevention activities. You will lead and support epidemiologic studies, develop study designs, and manage complex datasets to inform public health action.

The role requires strong statistical skills, scientific writing, and collaboration with CDC staff and partners. Travel up to 10% may be required for multi-site activities and reporting.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health, or related field with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading epidemiologic studies and data analysis.
• Strong writing, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience with SAS or R for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support epidemiologic studies, surveillance activities, investigations, and analyses.
• Develop study designs, analytic plans, and data collection instruments.
• Manage and analyze complex epidemiologic datasets and ensure data quality.
• Conduct statistical analyses using SAS, R; interpret findings for public health action.
• Prepare reports, manuscripts, and presentations for leadership and partners.
• Support IRB submissions and data security coordination.
• Communicate study requirements and findings to diverse stakeholders.
• Present findings in scientific meetings and workgroups.

Skills

Epidemiology

Biostatistics

Statistical analysis

Scientific writing

Stakeholder engagement

IRB coordination

Education

Master’s degree in Epidemiology

Tools

SAS

R

Job description

Job Family: Operational Effectiveness Travel Required: Up to 10% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do: Guidehouse is seeking an Epidemiologist (Senior Associate) to support public health research, surveillance, and injury prevention activities for a federal health client.

The Senior Associate will lead and support epidemiologic studies, surveillance activities, investigations, study design, analytic planning, and interpretation of complex public health data. The ideal candidate combines strong epidemiologic and statistical expertise with scientific writing, research, critical thinking, and stakeholder engagement skills. The candidate will:

• Lead and support epidemiologic studies, surveillance activities, investigations, and analyses focused on injury prevention and other public health priorities
• Develop study designs, protocols, analytic plans, and data collection approaches, including reviewing and refining data collection instruments
• Manage and analyze complex epidemiologic datasets, including community public health, survey, surveillance, and laboratory-epidemiologic data; conduct data quality review, validation, documentation, and database management
• Conduct statistical analyses using SAS, R, and other relevant statistical software and interpret findings to assess population health, injury burden, risk factors, data validity, and data gaps
• Develop surveillance and analytic products, including reports, tables, figures, graphs, presentations, and other materials suitable for CDC leadership, partners, scientific meetings, and publication
• Evaluate study and program implementation and outcomes and provide epidemiologic recommendations to inform further investigation, public health action, policy development, and program improvement
• Prepare and contribute to scientific manuscripts, publications, technical reports, abstracts, presentations, and comprehensive statistical and analytic reports
• Support Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions and revisions, protocol compliance, secure data transfer and processing, and coordination with participating research or surveillance sites
• Provide technical consultation and communicate study requirements, methods, findings, and recommendations to CDC staff, epidemiologists, statisticians, project sites, and other public health partners
• Participate in scientific workgroups, project meetings, conferences, and other technical forums, including presenting epidemiologic findings and documenting key activities and decisions

What You Will Need: Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust; Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred. Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Sociology, Public Health, or a related field SIX (6) or more years of relevant professional experience in epidemiology, public health research, surveillance, biostatistics, injury prevention, public health data analysis, or a related field Demonstrated experience leading or independently conducting epidemiologic studies, surveillance activities, investigations, study design, analytic planning, database management, and data quality activities Demonstrated experience working with community public health data, survey data, surveillance data, or other complex epidemiologic datasets Intermediate to advanced experience using SAS or R for data management, statistical analysis, interpretation, and reporting Experience translating epidemiologic analyses into scientific or technical products, including reports, tables, figures, presentations, manuscripts, or publications Strong scientific writing, research, analytical, critical thinking, and verbal communication skills Demonstrated ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and communicate technical information clearly to scientific, programmatic, and other stakeholder audiences Ability to provide a scientific or technical writing sample and list of publications

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D., DrPH, ScD, or equivalent) in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Sociology, Public Health, or a related field
• Direct experience in injury prevention, injury epidemiology, injury surveillance, or related population health research
• Experience supporting federal health agencies, particularly CDC or HHS
• Experience with IRB submissions and revisions, human subjects research, study protocol development, or multi-site research and surveillance activities
• Experience contributing to peer-reviewed manuscripts, scientific publications, conference presentations, or other scholarly products
• Experience using additional statistical or database tools such as SPSS, Stata, Epi Info, or Microsoft Access

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace. Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco. If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [e-mail]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation. All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or [e-mail]. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process. If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact [e-mail]. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties. Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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